Pillars of the Wu family

The Hojo clan received unexpected favors one after another, which made the whole family very grateful for the trust of the Kanto government. Originally, the Hojo Shizheng thought that he would be reduced and transferred, and he would be thrown aside at will to sit on the bench. He will send out special forces to monitor himself like Hojo Ujiyasu once did.

If a more powerful method can also be adopted and replaced by a family governor, and when the Sagami Hojo clan "died" one after another, then abandon the Miao character and return to the clan. Using this method to completely abolish the Sagami Hojo clan is a relatively normal method. According to the Hojo clan He once used the name Oishi Shishao and the Hojo Clan used to use the Fujita Clan. Later, when these two families lost their use value, they abandoned their Miao characters and returned to the Hojo family.

Based on this judgment, Hojo Shizheng was once ready to pinch his nose and confess, as long as the child in the womb of Hojo Shizheng's wife, Huang Meiyuan, became the heir of the Hojo clan's family governor, any concessions from him were negotiable, but He didn't expect Ashikaga Yoshitoki to be so kind and heart-to-heart, which moved Hojo Shizheng very much.

Except for the scary words that made him dare not speak for a long time, giving so many special treatment far exceeds the treatment enjoyed by a surrendered samurai family. Those who don't care about gains and losses, still treat the Kanto Samurai family with a generous attitude, even the Sagami who made a big mistake can live in peace.

Hojo Shizheng is very satisfied with his situation, but some samurai can't see the smiling faces of the Hojo family. They originally wanted to see the shock of the new Kanto senators who were shocked by the collision of heaven and earth. Hojo Shizheng seems to have gained more trust and reliance, which gives The new participants such as Koyama Takatomo, Nasu Ziyin, and Utsunomiya Hirotsuna who also surrendered were under great psychological pressure.

None of the warriors among them had ever received even a single piece of weapons such as swords, spears, armor, etc. as a reward.Not to mention that the coveted mixed-breed warhorse is an unheard of treasure.With the great promotion of Ashikaga Yoshitoki.Hojo Shizheng became the first genealogy family member of the new Kanto senator, and his status was still higher than that of Satake Yoshishige.

Among the many punished Kanto samurai families, they are unique, honored and favored. Under the envious and jealous eyes of the Kanto new senators, new hilltops are quietly formed. It should be no problem to divide them into Hojo clan and other samurai clans other than the Hojo clan. Once pushed to the forefront, it's just not clear whether it's a blessing or a curse.

As for the royal companions, they copied the shogunate's settings. This honorary group even included the former guardian of Mino, Toki Laiyun. Xiaojing can barely regain power for a while.Later, the Asakura family and the Saito family reached peace, and Oda Nobuhide formed an alliance with Saito Dozo to force Toki Laiyun to approach Jiang to join the Rokkaku clan.

Unfortunately, Rokkaku Sakayori passed away at this time. Rokkaku Yoshihide's ability and skill could not be compared with his wise and powerful father. Toki Laiyun, who lived under the fence, had a harder and harder life, and finally had to go to Kanto to live in The Toki family separated, and Toki, the lord of Wanxi City in Shangsuo Kingdom, lived as Lai.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki intends to revitalize the famous samurai family. He is good at painting, especially proficient in painting eagles. The waste wood family governor who is called "Toki's Eagle" has become a figure he values. Toki Laiyun has successfully become a royal companion. As a direct descendant of Nong Genji, he himself just adjusts his personal life as a cultural person, and his own political ability is not very important.

In contrast, the other character is much more powerful.That is Takeda Nobutora, the former governor of the Takeda family. The Imagawa clan was really defeated and went to the far Jiangguo Kakegawa Castle and could not hold on.It marked the complete withdrawal of the Imagawa family's forces from the Suruga Kingdom and the complete decline. His rebellious son Takeda Shingen once again betrayed his trust and attacked his own people. This time he chose Takeda Nobutorora's grandson Imagawa Shimao.

In the past 20 years, Takeda Nobutora's life has been pretty good. He once left the Suruga country because of his son-in-law Imagawa Yoshimoto and Nizi's cheating, and went to Kyoto to serve as a royal companion for several years at the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu. The famous sword Zong Sanzuo It was obtained from Miyoshi Sosan at that time.

Later, I found out that the shogunate general Ashikaga Yoshiharu was really not very good. He often had to practice sprinting and sprinting to Omi Sakamoto’s resort to cultivate his body and mind. After a long time, Takeda Nobutora also felt that he was not in the mood. In January, he reunited with his son-in-law Imagawa Yoshimoto and returned to Suruga Guoan to spend his later years.

Unexpectedly, the peaceful life in his later years was completely broken again after more than ten years. Takeda Nobutora was not a gentle and modest samurai. The reason why he was so powerful in Kanto was called "The Tiger General of the Eastern Kingdom" by Ashikaga Yoshiharu. His bravery in battle is often feared by his actions. As a family governor, he has a very violent temper and frequently yells at the dissatisfied Pu Dai family elders. The reason for his exile is also the backlash caused by his execution of several Pu Dai family members who repeatedly opposed him.

The temperamental Takeda Nobutora is very indignant towards the rebellious tiger. Don't look at him as a fiery temper like a powder keg, he himself is still a traditional samurai who hates evil and follows the rules, so he rebelled against the rebellious son Takeda Shingen time and time again. Angry at kinship.

Takeda Shingen first exiled Takeda Nobutora's father, and then murdered Takeda Nobutora's grandson Taro Yoshinobu. Now he is his son-in-law's family and his precious grandson Imagawa Shima. His granddaughter Lingsongyuan was forcibly sent back to the Suruga country. This series of measures made him completely disappointed in Takeda Shingen.

On the way to retreat to Kakegawa Castle, Takeda Nobutora couldn't help being furious, and when he left Kanto and went to Ashikaga Yoshishi to find a way to sanction Takeda Shingen, Imagawa Shizhen saw that this was a bad way out, so he ordered the samurai to send someone to escort Wuda The helpless Imagawa Lingshoin and her only bloodline Enhime born to Taro Yoshinobu came to Kanto to seek refuge with Ashikaga Yoshitoki.

Probably that meant to make Ashikaga Yoshitoki fall in love with the young and beautiful little widow Imagawa Rishoin. If a man and a half woman can be born and combined with Ii Naotora's favor, maybe the Imagawa family can surpass the Oda family and become the Nagao family. On the same level, Ashikaga Yoshishi didn't care much about this similar method. During the process of pacifying the Kanto, various warriors sent Ji girls in various names, hoping that the Kanto Lord would like it, but how could he learn from those hungry men? When it comes to women, they just want to take advantage, and Imagawa's really small calculations have come to nothing unexpectedly.

Settling in Edo Castle marked the establishment of a new regime in Kanto.During the three-monthly Kanto evaluation period.Ashikaga Yoshitoki announced a high-profile plan to fully revive the Kanto Samurai.The core of the plan is to rebuild the royal family system dominated by the Hachihei family in Bando. This huge structure once again shocked the Kanto samurai family.

But on the spot, different meanings were put forward by the Kanto samurai. It is true that the Hachihei family of Bando is powerful in Kanto and even the world, but several of the Hachira clans have already existed in name only. The current main family is Takamasa Hatakeyama, who fought hard in Takaya Castle, Hanoi. There are many branches of this party, and the Oshu Kasai family and the Kai Oyamada family are representative families.

Miura Michiun, the descendant of the Miura Party, was killed by Hojo Soun.Currently in a state of extinction in name, the actual situation is that the elders of the Kamiso Satomi clan, Masaki Tokimo and Masaki Tokada brothers, are the descendants of Miura Michisun. The Miura Party also has a powerful sect, that is The Ashina Mori Clan, a descendant of the Sawara Clan of the Miura Party.

The Kamakura party’s descendants are currently Shirai and Sosha Nagao, and Ashikaga Nagao and Echigo Nagao are powerful divisions. As for the Kajiwara clan, Oba clan, and Nagao clan’s debate on whether the Kamakura party’s descendants have never stopped However, the former two rose up in the Genpei era and produced famous generals who shook the world, and the Nagao family was relatively low-key, and it was not until the Muromachi era that it broke out completely.

The current two branches of the Chiba Party are vying for the heir of the Musashi Chiba Clan, Chiba Yinzong, relying on Ashikaga Yoshishi's support to return to Xiasuo Kingdom, and are coercing Chiba Clan Governor Chiba Yinfu.The branch of the Chiba Party is probably the most branched among the Bando Happei Clan. The Toshi Clan, the Soma Clan, the Watari Clan, the Kokubun Clan, and the Osuga Clan, known as the Chiba Six Clans, are mainly concentrated in Kanto Oshu and other places. .Osuga Goro Zaemon Wei Yingao, the important minister of the Mikawa Matsudaira family, is also a first-class Osuga clan of the Chiba party.

The heirs of the Oijo Party are the Osamasada Kingdom of the Hitachi Kingdom, and the heirs of the Hojo Party have long been killed by Nitta Yoshisada. The Sagami Hojo clan who is currently being supported seems to have plans to inherit Zongyou. Among them, Masashige Doi is said to be the closest branch of the Diliu, and the Diliu of the Kumagai Party is still dawdling under the help of Mrs. Anyun Mori.

Now the Bando Bahei family has long been in harmony with each other. It is no longer the famous Bando warrior group in the world. After hundreds of years of reproduction, there are several branch families. There are a lot of people, and many Kanto warriors privately think that this is unlikely. The Edo government is so ambitious and bragging, be careful that it will lose face if it fails.

Whether it is bragging or not is not clear for the time being, when Ashikaga Yoshitoki was busy working on his wonderful plan, a piece of latest news from Mikawa Kingdom was delivered to his desk, since Ashikaga Yoshiki issued a few months ago Since the crusade against Matsudaira Ieyasu, the trumpet overlord who once ruled the Three Rivers Kingdom, has fallen from a high mountain into a bottomless abyss.

The people of the East Mikawa Kingdom officially rebelled. The Sakurai Matsudaira, Okusa Matsudaira, and many returning members of the Nishimikawa who had already joined the rebellion reunited again. This time the rebel lineup was much larger than that of Kikuichi. Righteousness had no time to take care of the turmoil in the Mihe Kingdom, and now that the series of invasions sweeping the Kanto had come to an end, it was reasonable to turn to Ieyasu Matsudaira when he was free.

The core military force of the Kami-Ashikaga family is a system mainly established by the Mikawa samurai. Even if this process is mixed with Kinai samurai, Echigo samurai, and elite samurai from Shinano, Ueno, Echchu and other countries, it still cannot change the status of the Mikawa samurai. The huge influence of the backbone, these samurai are very well mixed in the Kamiso Ashikaga family, and the influence of the feedback is transmitted to Mikawa Kingdom, which is a potential force that affects Mikawa.

It is difficult to directly manifest this kind of power in the form of military conflict. The best way is to use the fuse triggered by a certain event to unite them to attack the enemy. It is a pity that Ju Yikui prepared a little bit a few months ago. Hasty, triggered too early but gave Matsudaira Ieyasu a chance to call in reinforcements to turn around.

This time, Ashikaga Yoshitoki invited Matsudaira Ieyasu to completely fail to recruit him. Oda Nobunaga owed a debt of favor for him once. He has no reason and it is impossible to invite Oda Army again The Mikawa Kingdom was in chaos, and Oda Nobunaga would not go against the shogunate and Kanto Gong Fang Ashikaga Yoshitoki for that little covenant. Matsudaira Ieyasu has become an abandoned pawn.

The shogunate crusade order was not issued to the Mikawa Kingdom alone, but was circulated to the world in the form of a mansion report. It was written in black and white that he killed Kira Mikawa, a member of the shogunate.And the charges of Kanbai Konoe's father-in-law Ji Liangjibu Shaosuke a long time ago.Now the whole world knows that there is a villain in Mikawa, Matsudaira Ieyasu.Even if he defended himself and told the world that he did not kill the members of Kira's family, no one would believe it.

In the blink of an eye, Matsudaira Ieyasu is facing the crisis of being trapped in Okazaki Castle and serving as a poor commander. The Mikawa samurai regiment he is proud of has betrayed his master Mingzhe to protect himself. Zhongshang came forward to mediate Sakai Masaki and Sakai Tadashi, Honda Hiroko and Honda Toji were also shaken by Honda Tokimasa's admonition letter.

The short-term fluctuation did not cause the collapse of the Matsudaira family. More than half of the [-] Matsudaira families still support Ieyasu Matsudaira. The Ishikawa family, the Sakai family, the Honda family, the Okubo family, the Abe family, the Torii family, the Naito family and other powerful genealogy generations are also still Loyal to Ieyasu Matsudaira.He still has [-] combatable soldiers who have not yet rebelled, which is the last strength of the Songping family.

Since the crusade order was issued last autumn, countless small-scale competitions broke out in the long winter from the fourth year of Yonglu to the fifth year of Yonglu. There were seven or eight small-scale battles with hundreds of people almost every day, and battles with thousands of people every now and then. There will be a scene where Kikuichi's remnants Arakawa Yoshihiro and Nishio Yoshiji also want to take the opportunity to recover the territory that was taken by Matsudaira Ieyasu.

It's just that their sneaky behavior can only be regarded as a side effect. The battle in Sanhe basically has nothing to do with Kikuichi Kui, who is a strong outsider and a middle-ranked. Slightly too bad, too low in personality, almost no prestige, and finally failed to win the position of general.The Three Rivers Crusade Army is still going on in the form of the people of the country fighting on their own, and these two idiots are simply obsessed with the fringe profits.It's really broken.

Faced with the domineering style of Ashikaga Yoshitoki, most of the samurai of the Mikawa Matsudaira family united closely under the banner of Matsudaira Ieyasu and fought bravely, defeating the attacks of the Mikawa Crusaders on Okazaki Castle time and time again. The war in the Mikawa Kingdom has not stopped for a moment. Until the news came from the direction of Minami Shinano that Ogasawara's long-term Five Thousand Intervention Army would move at any time, Matsudaira Ieyasu was really scared.

If the previous actions against the Mihe Kingdom can only be regarded as small troubles in the middle school of the Mihe Kingdom, then Ogasawara led his army over the difficult mountain road for a long time, from the winding mountain road with nine bends and eighteen bends in Lower Ina County. Notoge entered the northern part of Shitara County and then broke into Mikawa Country through Nagashino, which showed that Ashikaga Yoshitoki really planned to do something to him.

Today is the [-] army led by Ogasawara Nagashi, and tomorrow it may be the [-] army led by some general. Once the Kanto Ashikaga army is allowed to break into the Mikawa Kingdom, even the great general Ashikaga Yoshiki will not be able to kill this army. The strong army drove away, relying on Oda Nobunaga's in-laws and allies to persuade them to leave, just like Ashikaga Yoshitoki persuading Oda Nobunaga not to interfere in Mikawa Kingdom.

Matsudaira Ieyasu locked himself in the castle tower for three days and did not leave the house. Amidst the urging of the family members outside the door, he clenched his fists and said bitterly: "Is there only one way to escape? What an unexpected failure! Grandfather, please tell me what Ieyasu should do! Are you really going to leave your homeland?"

The anxious footsteps of the samurai outside the door could be heard heavily. Matsudaira Ieyasu was very familiar with the footsteps, and soon thought of the very short and competitive Honda Tadakatsu, as well as the brave Honda Hiroko and Honda Toto. , Sakai Tadashi, Okubo Tadatoshi and others, the expression on his face became very wonderful.

The Matsudaira vassal group is not the top samurai group of this era. Apart from being more loyal and brave, there are not many characteristics. It is not as brave as the Kai samurai and not as tough as the Echigo samurai. It can be ranked the strongest in Tōkaidō, but it is placed in Kanto. Not too conspicuous, not to mention that the essence of the Mikawa samurai has long been taken away by Ashikaga Yoshitoki, and the Matsudaira retainers have not been able to improve their strength without replenishment. Now he has to face an embarrassing choice.

He could guess how deep Yoshitoshi Ashikaga's hatred for him was. Mikawa Kira's house was burned down in a fire, an uncle, an uncle, an elder brother, and a large number of genealogy family elders were all dead. There are as many as hundreds of samurai and maidservants who died all over the city. This feud is unusually deep. If Ashikaga Yoshitoki is caught, I really don't know how cruel methods will be used against him.

Matsudaira Ieyasu said bitterly: "Although I am still very unwilling to admit my weakness, if I don't escape at this time, maybe I really have no chance to escape in the future! On the contrary, escaping is also a good choice. As long as my Ieyasu survives, I will always One day, I will return to Sanhe Kingdom and take back what belongs to me! The shame given to my Jiakang by the Prime Minister of Ashiya today. I will definitely remember it in my heart!"

After repeated consideration and repeated consideration.Ieyasu Matsudaira made a bold decision.He wants to give up the territory of the Mikawa Kingdom and escape from Okazaki Castle with [-] troops, and go to the Owari Kingdom to seek refuge with Oda Nobunaga and Ganfu Jiwei. In the name of Okazaki Castle, it is more thorough to be subordinate to the Oda family, and it is the only way to force Ogasawara to retreat for a long time.

As long as he is willing to surrender his identity and take the initiative to seek refuge with Oda Nobunaga, and pull the wise and safe Oda family into the vortex of the Mikawa dispute, Ogasawara will lose moral support when he attacks Mikawa in the name of crusade against Matsudaira Ieyasu. Sando will have to face the two sides of the Takeda family and the Oda family to control the Mikawa country.We must always be on guard against Matsudaira Ieyasu secretly returning to Sanhe Country to stir up wind and rain.

"This cunning Matsudaira Ieyasu ran so fast, what should I do now?" Ogasawara was only a general of the town for a long time, not a general with military decision-making power. It is the autumn wind, no matter which side of the warrior has no reason to blame him.

Fujisawa Raikin thought for a while, and said, "Why don't I wait and pretend that I don't know how to forcibly take down Okazaki Castle?"

Li Dinghou grinned and said: "I'm afraid it won't work! I waited for the army to trek in the ravines of Shile County. It has been a while since the news of Matsudaira Ieyasu's escape came. Wait until I wait to kill him again." It will take at least two or three days for Okazaki Castle, and by then the entire Mikawa Kingdom... Tokaido should know the news!"

Ogasawara stared at the simple map for a long time and frowned in silence. No matter how good his plan was, he could not keep up with the force majeure of the changing situation. Matsudaira Ieyasu's escape to Owari made their army situation very embarrassing.Whether to continue chasing or turn around and return to the teacher regardless, has become a difficult problem for Ogasawara.

Looking at the map, you can see that the Shinano country and the Owari country do not border each other.The mountain road from Nanshinano to Dongsanhe is very difficult, and then from Dongsanhe to Xisanhe to enter Owari country. It's like dying, and Oda Nobunaga is still Ashikaga Yoshitoki's in-laws and allies, and Ogasawara Choshi would not dare to kill Zhang Guo if he had ten courages, and he will be blamed for diplomatic disputes.

Matsudaira Ieyasu's escape from Mikawa country made the Minamishinano Army lose their excuse to attack Mikawa country. Just when Ogasawara hesitated for a long time, he received a piece of news that made people laugh and cry. Arakawa Yoshihiro and Nishio Yoshiji took advantage of Matsudaira Ieyasu's escape time Snatched all the territories of Okazaki Castle and the Matsudaira family, and then kept sending letters to Ogasawara Nagashi to tell him that Matsudaira Ieyasu had fled on the sidelines, and now he can return to Shinano country by the same route without worrying about the safety of Mikawa country. For fear that Ashikaga Yoshitoki sent him to grab the territory.

Ogasawara was very embarrassed by this drama for a long time. Baba went all the way to Sanhe Country to help out in order to get some benefits. He was unwilling to pay the hospitality expenses for a sip of water and a meal, which almost made the Minami Shinano Corps collectively angry.

"What these two bastards have done, I will definitely report it to His Royal Highness for a long time!" Ogasawara kept silent all day for a long time, and ordered the entire army to stop advancing that evening. It's really not good to stay here, let alone grab the walled cities in Dongsanhe's land. The relatives of the owners of these walled cities may serve as generals under the support of the Guandong Gongfang. Going to fight these cities is asking for trouble.

The only sites that could be robbed were taken away by Arakawa Yoshihiro and Nishio Yoshiji. The Minami Shinano Legion’s stay is of little significance. If you insist on staying and not leaving, you will violate the original purpose of the Ashikaga Yoshihiro Arrangement of Crusade Orders At that time, Yoshihiro Arakawa and Yoshiji Nishio will file a lawsuit to embarrass the governor of the family, and it will also arouse strong dissatisfaction from the shogunate Yoshiki Ashikaga.

This article does not only refer to the Tokaido, but when he warned Ashikaga Yoshito, on the basis of his original territory, the Kanto Eight Kingdoms and those remote local shogunates will be ignored, but he must never take any step west of these territories. Hokuriku Echizen Kingdom, which is under the jurisdiction of the Kanto government, cannot even step into it.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki took the opportunity to avenge his relatives and entered the Mikawa Kingdom. He said in the past that even if he took the opportunity to lay down a piece of land, it would not be a big problem to give it to his nephew Kira Manjumaru. With the existence of Hiroshi and Nishio Yoshiji, these two bastards who have more success than failure have absolutely no talent for fighting.But the talent for grabbing territory is first-class.

Arakawa Yoshihiro even brazenly told his nephew Nishio Yoshiji that he was young.Let him manage the territory of the Three Rivers Kingdom for a few years before handing it over to him.His words seemed to indicate that he was going to adopt Nishio Yoshiji, but in fact he had two grown sons staring at Nishio Yoshiji's territory with their eyes shining.

Nishio Yoshiji is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He has served as the executive officer with Oda Nobunaga for more than ten years, and the level of internal affairs is not known for the time being. At least his handling methods and tricks are very good, and he can entangle with Arakawa Yoshihiro Not losing the wind for so long shows that he is an excellent player.

These two bastards who are experts in foreign wars and civil wars are still descendants of the former Tojo Kira family. One is the uncle of Wanzhumaru and the other is the uncle. The two rushed to seize the territory left by the Matsudaira family.Let Xiao Li Yuanchang, the foreign minister, have no reason to continue to stay. If there is no reason, he can only retreat, even if he is not willing to go.

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For half a month in Qingzhou City, since I saw Matsudaira Ieyasu appearing in the morning when the evaluation meeting was held, Oda Nobunaga’s buttocks never left this seat again, and he felt very unhappy when suddenly white sailed by any ally

Listening to Ieyasu Matsudaira's eloquent and ups and downs with a dark face like the bottom of a pot, he cursed in his heart: "This bastard Takechiyo will cause trouble for my family, and insist on dragging my family into the mess of Mikawa country. It's really intentional." Bad bastard!"

Of course Matsudaira Ieyasu has bad intentions, and Oda Nobunaga is definitely not as innocent and helpless as he said on the surface.He has long been envious of Mihe Samurai, who is the strongest soldier in the Tungkaido, and it is still extremely difficult for his own Owari weak soldier to fight Mino with all his strength.He also often fantasizes that he has a large group of brave Sanhe warriors, and maybe he can easily take Mino Kingdom down.

Oda Nobunaga secretly scolded Matsudaira Ieyasu for finding him something to do, while wondering whether this is the legendary wish come true, or it is more appropriate to call sleepy pillows, as for whether eating it will cause indigestion or be killed by Ashikaga The possibility of Yoshitoki being forced to spit it out was never considered in Oda Nobunaga's logical thinking. He Oda Saburo thought that he would not be much worse than Ashikaga Kamisaburo.

As early as more than ten years ago, he said that only Saburo Oda and Saburo Kira are the most special in this world. Only the two of them can achieve the ambition to conquer the world and even conquer the seven seas. Halfway through the completion, Saburo Kira transformed into Sosaburo Ashikaga like a butterfly out of a cocoon, sitting in Guandongdonglu as the number one samurai in the Eastern Kingdom.

"And I, Oda Saburo Nobunaga, will definitely be able to do it! I believe that I can touch my own destiny, and I have clearly felt the fierce beating pulse from this era. My era is coming! This opportunity Even if Ieyasu Matsudaira defected to the main family, this would be an important change in the Tokaido, and I believe Ashikaga Kamisaburo did not realize that this would happen! But that’s fine, the main family can tell him confidently that the world will be divided into three rivers!"

Oda Nobunaga's middle-aged nature suddenly broke out, and he waved his big hand and said domineeringly: "Take Chiyo stay here! Our family needs a powerful warrior like you to help my Oda family complete our great cause. These days, our family has been thinking hard to come up with a name. As long as the Inabayama Castle is captured, it will be put into action! As for the town government, I will leave it to the main family to deal with it... In short, Takechiyo will definitely not make a mistake by following the main family!"

"Thank you for your protection, brother. I will never forget my brother's kindness to my family." A gleam flashed in Matsudaira's eyes, and he immediately changed into an excited expression and bowed down respectfully. The excited Oda vassals did not notice this short-lived change.

"This world will change in the hands of my Oda family! Those who will keep the world and keep the family forever, and those who will be blessed forever! This Yonglu year will be the era of our Oda family's rise!" Oda Nobunaga suddenly stood up. Standing up, he clenched his fists and stared sharply at the afterglow of the setting sun falling between the distant mountains. His whole body seemed to be rimmed with gold by the sunlight, and the warriors in the room were stunned.

Oda Nobunaga walked to the corridor in high spirits, pointed at the warm sunset and said: "Look, gentlemen! That is the afterglow that symbolizes the end of the old era, and the glory that will rise early tomorrow morning symbolizes the new era! Please hold on tight!" Follow the banner of our family and strive to become the leader of the new era!"

There was an uproar in the Ohiro room. Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Hengxing shouted excitedly, and the calmer Niwa Chohide, Sasaka Narumasa, Sakuma Nobumori, Shibata Katsuie and others also had expressions on their faces. There was a lot of interest, and there seemed to be no samurai in the entire room who stood up to question the words of the governor.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi blushed with excitement, jumped up and clenched his fists and shouted loudly: "New era! That is my new era! I, Hideyoshi, will follow the lord to become a powerful warrior who is famous all over the world. That is our Owari samurai. New Era!"

"New Era Onboard! Woohoo..."

Oda Nobunaga put the folding fan in the collar behind his neck, stood with his hands folded in the corridor, turned his head and looked at the hall, observing with great interest the excited retainers laughing like children celebrating New Year's Eve, At this moment, Matsudaira Ieyasu suddenly had an illusion that Oda Nobunaga was shrouded in golden light, and the golden light shone like a statue of a god, exuding infinite divine power.

"It seems that I made the right choice this time! Let's see how my brother becomes the leader of the new era!" Matsudaira Ieyasu smiled faintly, and then stood up and followed the singing and dancing warriors in the hall, dancing and cheering happily. At this moment, he seems to have returned to his childhood more than ten years ago, laughing and making noises happily.

Oda Nobunaga looked at the sunset in the sky in a daze, and after a while he suddenly muttered to himself: "New era, I, Oda Saburo, want to build a new era of my own... Ashikaga Kamisaburo, I will be waiting for you in the near future The arrival of you! You will definitely come... definitely will!" (To be continued...)

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